As an online entrepreneur, a blogger, an influencer or just a normal human being, it's essentially part of life to have a social media account. After all, we live in the modern age now where everything is just a click away. And since life is basically lived online, you want your social media account to look as best as possible: ehem, Instagram.

A savvy business woman knows her thing. Sometimes, it is not always about your product, service or your business itself. While it is important to market what you're selling, it is more important to let your audience know who you are and why you do what you do. In short, the real face behind it all.

Our very own Founder & CEO is a #GirlBoss, herself. But what makes a woman a true-blue girl boss in this day and age where it's so easy to just term yourself as one? Scroll through the hashtag on Instagram and you'll be redirected to a million photos with the same tags. But is it such an overrated word that anyone can just tag themselves as that?

"I just love bossy women. I could be around them all day. To me, bossy is not a pejorative term at all. It means somebody's passionate and engaged and ambitious and doesn't mind leading." - Amy Poehler

Since starting my own business, I've designed my own line of "text books" that no college would have recommended to me & not only have these books encouraged me to start SOCIVA STUDIOS but honestly have gotten me through some of my worst hardships and lifted me up at my lowest lows. I couldn't thank the authors of these books enough for encouraging me to be the "BadAss #GirlBoss" that I've become.

Since I started social media managing, I have learned so much on how to grow a following and also how to successfully tell a visual story on social platforms that I am happy to share. So here are my tips on how to optimize, have fun, and make the best use out of your individual social media accounts:

I'd like to share some of the beautiful images from my 1 Year Celebration shoot taken by my amazing and talented friend, Sydnee Marie! (oh, how I love how she includes her middle name just like me!) This was such a blast to shoot and share but also such motivating and encouraging way to celebrate.